Local News, News
Sep 02, 2020
OLEAN — Noise complaints — long discussed but never resulting in action by the Common Council. But now the city’s newest alderman wants to tackle the ...
Crime, Local News, News
Apr 28, 2020
OLEAN — After a year of paperwork and waiting, city police should begin wearing body cameras this summer. Olean Police Chief Jeff Rowley reports that ...
Crime, Local News, News
Dec 21, 2019
OLEAN — In a stark example of what Olean’s police chief calls misguided criminal justice reforms in New York, his officers busted in on an alleged met...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News
Sep 20, 2019
OLEAN — While New York state legislators want to ban untraceable “ghost guns,” which lawmakers say are becoming more prevalent in criminal cases, law ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News
Aug 10, 2019
OLEAN — Former Olean Police Capt. James Neil Connelly, who served the city he made home for over 35 years, died Friday at the age of 67. “We’re all ve...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
Aug 08, 2019
Officer Denise Maestas could have just written down the complaint and filed it away. An elderly man had walked into the Olean Police Department statio...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Jul 12, 2019
OLEAN — Burglars vandalized the William O. Smith Recreation Center this week, stealing cash and causing damage to both city property and privately own...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
May 02, 2019
OLEAN — The Olean Police Department is moving ahead with its plan to begin using body-worn cameras. Olean Police Chief Jeff Rowley told the Olean Time...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Apr 17, 2019
On April 3, Olean Police and Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office emergency and special response team members, including a K-9 unit, surrounded a house...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Apr 06, 2019
After searching a home for crack cocaine and heroin Wednesday night, the Olean Police Department uploaded photos of seven people charged in the raid o...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 17, 2019
OLEAN — Jeff Rowley thinks “now is the time” for the Olean Police Department to have body-worn cameras. In an age when the public routinely films thei...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 06, 2019
OLEAN — The Common Council began its department-by-department review of next year’s spending requests on Tuesday. In a two-and-a-half-hour meeting Tue...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 20, 2019
OLEAN — Is North Fourth Street a dangerous roadway for children being dropped off at Immanuel Christian Child Care? The Olean Common Council’s public ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 09, 2019
If New York state legalizes recreational use of marijuana, it will likely take some getting used to for police officers. “All along in my career, we’v...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Jan 22, 2019
OLEAN — The amount of Olean Police Department activity — whether it be felony arrests or parking tickets — hasn’t changed much over the last three yea...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Oct 26, 2018
OLEAN — The Olean Police Department was unable to determine why some city residents heard what they believed to be a loud explosion Thursday night. “W...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jul 23, 2018
OLEAN — Is North Union Street safer after the Walkable Olean project? With Olean’s first of five roundabout marking three years of operation at the en...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 20, 2018
OLEAN —While the Olean Public Library has been celebrating Pride Month and the LGBTQ community all June, one event in particular has captured public i...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
